Sampler
- Object Name:
- Sampler
- Object ID:
- 1974.024.03
- Creator:
- Plumer, Hannah (1770-1850)
- Place of Origin:
- Epping, NH
- Date:
- 1781
- Description:
- Marking Sampler. Made by Hannah Plumer (1770-1850), Epping, NH; 1781. Blue and tan linen threads worked in cross stitch on plain-woven linen, featuring an alphabet of capital block letters followed by the date 1781 and initials HP. "HANNAH*PLUMER / EPPING HER SAMP" is cross-stitched on the next two lines of this four-line sampler. The left edge is selvage, and the other three edges are hemmed.
- Material:
- Textile
Linen - Dimensions:
- H-4 W-9.75 inches
- Provenance:
- Made by Hannah Plumer (1770-1850), married Col. Daniel Cilley (1769-1842) and was a sister of Gov. William Plumer. She was the great-great-grandmother of the donor, Evelyn Fowler Reed (1899-1993).
- Credit Line:
- Gift of Evelyn Fowler Reed
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